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enTeam to examine site where firefighters diedhttp://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2013-07-04/team-examine-site-where-firefighters-died
<p>YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze outside the mountain town of Yarnell came off the line Wednesday to salute a procession of fire vehicles that had been left by 19 elite Hotshot crew members killed in the line of duty.</p>
<p>The firefighters and law enforcement gathered along a highway to honor the Prescott-based unit deployed last weekend. The vehicles were driven by fellow Prescott firefighters. One of the trucks held backpacks, water jugs and coolers. Another was emblazoned with the group’s motto, in Latin: “To be, rather than to seem.”</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2013-07-04/team-examine-site-where-firefighters-died" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2013-07-04/team-examine-site-where-firefighters-died#commentsNational NewsFELICIA FONSECAArizonaCaptainCounty SheriffFirefighterFirefightingForestryGovernorHotshotInteragency hotshot crewJan BrewerJeff NewnumJim WhittingtonLubbock Avalanche-JournalMan Made DisasterMike DudleyNatural DisasterPerson CareerPrescottPublic safetyQuotationspokesman for the multiagency Southwest Incident Command TeamUS Federal ReserveWildfire suppressionWildfiresWildland fire suppressionYARNELLThu, 04 Jul 2013 05:14:07 +0000FELICIA FONSECA140370 at http://lubbockonline.com45 percent containment on deadly Arizona firehttp://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2013-07-03/45-percent-containment-deadly-arizona-fire
<p>YARNELL, Ariz. — Hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze outside the mountain town of Yarnell came off the line Wednesday to salute a procession of fire vehicles that had been left by 19 elite Hotshot crew members killed in the line of duty.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2013-07-03/45-percent-containment-deadly-arizona-fire" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2013-07-03/45-percent-containment-deadly-arizona-fire#commentsFiled onlineFELICIA FONSECA and TAMI ABDOLLAHA memorialArizonaCounty SheriffFirefighterFirefightingForestryGovernorInteragency hotshot crewJan BrewerJim WhittingtonMan Made DisasterMike DudleyNatural DisasterPerson CareerPerson LocationPrescottPublic safetyQuotationspokesman for the multiagency Southwest Incident Command TeamThe arenaThe Associated PressWildfire suppressionWildland fire suppressionYARNELLThu, 04 Jul 2013 04:47:52 +0000FELICIA FONSECA and TAMI ABDOLLAH140345 at http://lubbockonline.comArizona fire investigators look at what went wronghttp://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2013-07-03/arizona-fire-investigators-look-what-went-wrong
<p>PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Three days after 19 firefighters perished in a wildfire, questions over what exactly went wrong loomed largest.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2013-07-03/arizona-fire-investigators-look-what-went-wrong" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2013-07-03/arizona-fire-investigators-look-what-went-wrong#commentsFiled onlineBOB CHRISTIEMICHAEL R. BLOOD and TAMI ABDOLLAHAndrew SecundyArizonaAssociated PressBrendan McDonoughchief for the Prescott Fire DepartmentColoradoDisasterDisasterenergyFirefighterFirefightingforesterForestryInteragency hotshot crewKingLloyd BurtonMan Made DisastermanagerNatural DisasterPerson AttributesPerson CareerPerson LocationPrescottPublic safetyQuotationRalph LucasScott HuntWade WardWells FargoWildfire suppressionWildland fire suppressionYARNELLWed, 03 Jul 2013 12:28:16 +0000BOB CHRISTIE, MICHAEL R. BLOOD and TAMI ABDOLLAH140283 at http://lubbockonline.comCosts of one of worst wildfire seasons in years taking heavy toll on some states http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-08-22/costs-one-worst-wildfire-seasons-years-taking-heavy-toll-some-states
<p>MANTON, Calif. — A huge wildfire in California is just the latest destructive blaze to stretch resources across the West during a fire season that has been one of the worst in years.</p>
<p>The fires have left some states with thin budgets to scramble to get people, planes, bulldozers and other tools on fire lines to beat back the flames.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-08-22/costs-one-worst-wildfire-seasons-years-taking-heavy-toll-some-states" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-08-22/costs-one-worst-wildfire-seasons-years-taking-heavy-toll-some-states#commentsFiled onlineJEFF BARNARD and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSAngie NelsonBOISEBrian SchweitzerCaliforniaCalifornia wildfiresColoradoCOLORADO SPRINGSDaniel BerlantDon SmurthwaiteEcological successionEcologyEntertainmentEntertainmentFirefightingForestryGovernorIdahoJason CurryMan Made DisasterMANTONMontanaNational Interagency Fire CenterNatural DisasterNatural ResourcesOccupational safety and healthOregonPerson AttributesPerson CareerQuotationRoger LewisspokesmanThe Associated PressUSDUtahWildfireWildfire suppressionWildfiresWildland fire suppressionYellowstone firesThu, 23 Aug 2012 04:36:39 +0000JEFF BARNARD and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS102395 at http://lubbockonline.comForest Service now tries to tamp out every flamehttp://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2012-08-18/forest-service-now-tries-tamp-out-every-flame
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<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If lightning strikes in the New Mexico wilderness and starts a fire, the blaze would normally be little more than a blip on the radar of land managers who have earned a reputation for letting flames burn to keep forested lands from growing into a tangled mess.</p>
<p>This season is different. Now firefighters are trekking deep into the Gila National Forest with trains of equipment-carrying horses and one overriding goal: snuffing out all fires, no matter how small or remote.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2012-08-18/forest-service-now-tries-tamp-out-every-flame" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2012-08-18/forest-service-now-tries-tamp-out-every-flame#commentsNational NewsSUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAlbuquerqueAndy StahlBob Marshall WildernessBusinessBusinessdeputy chiefEcological successionEcologyexecutive directorFireFire ecologyFirefightingForest ServiceForestryGilaJim HubbardLaborLaborLawLawMan Made DisasterMatthew RollinsMontanaNatural DisasterNew MexicoOccupational safety and healthPerson CareerQuotationSmokejumperTechnologyTechnologyUSDWildfireWildfire suppressionWildfiresWildland fire suppressionSat, 18 Aug 2012 05:18:51 +0000SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN101680 at http://lubbockonline.comWildland firefighters win federal health benefitshttp://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-07-13/wildland-firefighters-win-federal-health-benefits
<p>DENVER — President Barack Obama will make federal health insurance available to about 8,000 temporary wildland firefighters, a White House official said Tuesday.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-07-13/wildland-firefighters-win-federal-health-benefits" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-07-13/wildland-firefighters-win-federal-health-benefits#commentsFiled onlineDAN ELLIOTTBarack ObamaBarack ObamaBusinessBusinessColoradoConstance Van KleyDenverDiana DeGetteDiana DeGetteEntertainmentEntertainmentEnvironmentEnvironmentFirefighterFirefightingHealthHealthInternational Association of Wildland FireJohn LauerLaborLaborLawLawMan Made DisasterNathan OchsNatural DisasterPerson CareerPoliticsPoliticspresidentQuotationSocial IssuesSocial IssuesSouth DakotaThe Associated PressThe Denver PostThe hospitalUSDWhite HouseWildfire suppressionWildland fire suppressionFri, 13 Jul 2012 05:11:56 +0000DAN ELLIOTT96487 at http://lubbockonline.comSeasonal firefighters asking for federal government health plan with online petitionhttp://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-07-09/seasonal-firefighters-petition-federal-government-health-plan-125000
<p>DENVER — They work the front lines of the nation's most explosive wildfires, navigating treacherous terrain, dense walls of smoke and tall curtains of flame. Yet thousands of the nation's seasonal firefighters have no health insurance for themselves or their families.</p>
<p>Many firefighters are now asking to buy into a federal government health plan, largely out of anger over a colleague who was left with a $70,000 hospital bill after his son was born prematurely.</p>
<p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-07-09/seasonal-firefighters-petition-federal-government-health-plan-125000" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-07-09/seasonal-firefighters-petition-federal-government-health-plan-125000#commentsFiled onlineDAN ELLIOTTAssociated PressBOISEBusinessBusinessColoradoCompany Employees NumberCory K. BythrowCusterDeGette's spokeswomanDenverDiana DeGetteEmployment RelationFamily RelationFirefighterFirefightingForest ServiceHealthHealthHealth insuranceIdahoInterior SecretaryInternational Association of Wildland FireJohn LauerJulie Anne OvertonJuliet JohnsonKen SalazarLaborLaborLawLawMan Made DisasterMark DavisNathan OchsNatural DisasterOffice of Personnel ManagementPerson CareerPerson RelationPoliticsPoliticspresidentPublic safetyQuotationSecuritySocial IssuesSocial IssuesSouth DakotaspokesmanspokeswomanThe National Interagency Fire CenterUninsured in the United StatesUSDWildfire suppressionWildland fire suppressionTue, 10 Jul 2012 03:07:36 +0000DAN ELLIOTT96060 at http://lubbockonline.comFirefighters make some progress on Colorado, New Mexico wildfireshttp://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-06-12/firefighters-make-some-progress-colorado-new-mexico-wildfires
<p>LOVELAND, Colo. — Grayish-brown smoke from a large wildfire blamed for killing a woman in her home blanketed the foothills of northern Colorado today and the fire sent smoky haze as far away as Denver, 60 miles to the south.</p>
<p>The 68-square-mile wildfire has damaged more than 100 structures and forced hundreds of people from their homes. However, firefighters there and at a 54-square-mile fire burning in southern New Mexico have begun to make some progress digging line around the blazes.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-06-12/firefighters-make-some-progress-colorado-new-mexico-wildfires" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-06-12/firefighters-make-some-progress-colorado-new-mexico-wildfires#commentsFiled onlineDAN ELLIOTTAerial firefightingAlaskaArizonaAssociated PressAviationBill HahnenbergCaliforniaCanadaCheyenneColoradocommanderDenverFirefightingFort CollinsLinda SteadmanLovelandModular Airborne FireFighting SystemNatural DisasterNew MexicoOccupational safety and healthPerson AttributesPerson CareerQuotationSocial IssuesSocial IssuesUtahWildfireWildfire suppressionWildland fire suppressionWyomingTue, 12 Jun 2012 16:05:25 +0000DAN ELLIOTT92263 at http://lubbockonline.comWildfires in Colorado, New Mexico continue burning out of controlhttp://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-06-12/wildfires-colorado-new-mexico-continue-burning-out-control
<p>BELLVUE, Colo. — As darkness fell over a 64-square-mile wildfire that has left one person dead and damaged more than 100 structures in northern Colorado, flames that were largely obscured during the day by a grayish-brown haze of smoke stood out along a fire line that crept along the side of the charred foothills.</p>
<p>Unable to return home, evacuee Cy Johnson set up a stand in the back of a pickup truck to hand out water and sandwiches to fire crews. “You’re doing something. At least you’re doing something,” he said.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-06-12/wildfires-colorado-new-mexico-continue-burning-out-control" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-06-12/wildfires-colorado-new-mexico-continue-burning-out-control#commentsFiled onlineTHOMAS PEIPERTAerial firefightingAlaskaArizonaAssociated PressAviationBELLVUEBill HahnenbergCaliforniaCanadaCheyenneColoradoColorado and New MexicocommanderCounty SheriffFirefightingFort CollinsJustin SmithLinda SteadmanModular Airborne FireFighting SystemNational GuardNatural DisasterNew MexicoOccupational safety and healthPerson AttributesPerson CareerQuotationsheriffSocial IssuesSocial IssuesUnited States Forest ServiceUtahWildfireWildfire suppressionWildland fire suppressionWyomingTue, 12 Jun 2012 13:11:03 +0000THOMAS PEIPERT92247 at http://lubbockonline.comWildfires in Colorado, New Mexico burn out of controlhttp://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2012-06-12/wildfires-colorado-new-mexico-burn-out-control
<p>BELLVUE, Colo. — Massive wildfires in drought-parched Colorado and New Mexico tested the resources of state and federal crews Monday and underscored the need to replenish an aging U.S. aerial firefighting fleet needed to combat a year-round fire season.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2012-06-12/wildfires-colorado-new-mexico-burn-out-control" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2012-06-12/wildfires-colorado-new-mexico-burn-out-control#commentsNational NewsTHOMAS PEIPERTAerial firefightingAlaskaArizonaAviationBarack ObamaBELLVUEBill HahnenbergBOISEC-130sCaliforniaCanadaCheyenneColoradoColorado U.S.commanderCounty SheriffFirefightingForest ServiceForestryFort CollinsIdahoMark UdallModular Airborne FireFighting SystemNational GuardNatural DisasterNew MexicoOccupational safety and healthPerson CareerpresidentQuotationSocial IssuesSocial IssuesspokesmanThe Associated PressTom TidwellUnited States Forest ServiceUtahWildfireWildfire suppressionWildland fire suppressionWyomingTue, 12 Jun 2012 05:01:06 +0000THOMAS PEIPERT92221 at http://lubbockonline.comRecord NM blaze will test forest managementhttp://lubbockonline.com/regional/2012-06-02/record-nm-blaze-will-test-forest-management
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A wall of smoke advances across a vast swath of rugged country in southwestern New Mexico where the nation’s wilderness movement was born nearly a century ago.</p>
<p>From the air, the smoke stretches as far as the eye can see. On the ground, firefighters talk about the steep canyons that keep them from directly attacking what has become the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history and the largest currently burning in the country.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/regional/2012-06-02/record-nm-blaze-will-test-forest-management" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/regional/2012-06-02/record-nm-blaze-will-test-forest-management#commentsRegionalSUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAlbuquerqueArizonaCatron County, New MexicocoordinatorDanny MontoyaEcological successionGeological Survey’s National CenterGilaGila National ForestGila troutGila WildernessGrant County, New MexicoMan Made DisasterMatthew RollinsNatural DisasterNew MexicoNew Mexico and ArizonaOccupational safety and healthPerson CareerQuotationSalvation FireTechnologyTechnologyUnited StatesVirginiaWildfireWildfire suppressionWildland fire suppressionSun, 03 Jun 2012 03:47:30 +0000SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN90876 at http://lubbockonline.comWildfire protection plan half-funded in Texashttp://lubbockonline.com/texas/2011-09-15/wildfire-protection-plan-half-funded-texas
<p>SAN ANTONIO — Long before this month’s historic wildfires in Texas, the state’s Forest Service came up with a $20.4 million plan to stop the flames from starting or tamp them out before small blazes grew deadly and destructive.</p>
<p>Three years later, the plan is still only half-funded — a result of the weak economy, a strained state budget and what one former lawmaker calls a “dereliction of duty” by legislators who almost always prefer to spend money only after a crisis has unfolded.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/texas/2011-09-15/wildfire-protection-plan-half-funded-texas" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/texas/2011-09-15/wildfire-protection-plan-half-funded-texas#commentsTexasDANNY ROBBINSCalifornia Fire Safe Councilchief financial officercriticDavid SwinfordDisasterDisasterEcological successionFirefightingForest ServiceMan Made DisasterNatural DisasterOccupational safety and healthPerson CareerPreventionPublic safetyQuotationRobbie DewittSafetySan AntonioTexasThe Associated PressUSDWildfireWildfire suppressionWildland fire suppressionThu, 15 Sep 2011 05:00:50 +0000DANNY ROBBINS60305 at http://lubbockonline.comFirefighters try to keep massive Arizona fire from spreading into NMhttp://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2011-06-14/firefighters-try-keep-massive-arizona-fire-spreading-nm
<p>LUNA, N.M. - An enormous wildfire in eastern Arizona is poised to become the largest in state history, as firefighters tried Tuesday to keep the blaze from crossing into New Mexico and devouring a small mountain town.</p>
<p>Fires also grew elsewhere in New Mexico and at the state's border with Colorado, where flames forced the closure of a busy interstate highway.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2011-06-14/firefighters-try-keep-massive-arizona-fire-spreading-nm" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/national-news/2011-06-14/firefighters-try-keep-massive-arizona-fire-spreading-nm#commentsNational NewsBOB CHRISTIEArizonaBOISECaliforniaCalifornia wildfiresColoradoFirefightingForestryHuman InterestHuman InterestIdahoLunaMan Made DisasterMemorial DayMemorial DayNational Interagency Fire CenterNatural DisasterNevadaNew MexicoOccupational safety and healthPacific OceanPerson CareerPeter FrenzenQuotationSafetySean Johnsonspokesmanspokesman for the team fighting the fireTexasUnited StatesWildfireWildfire suppressionWildfiresWildland fire suppressionWed, 15 Jun 2011 03:47:09 +0000BOB CHRISTIE50264 at http://lubbockonline.com